26 telltale signs that you’re a writer

Who needs business cards? These physical conditions, personality quirks and persistent habits say it all. You transform words into stories just as bees turn pollen into honey.

By Jessica LawlorMay 26, 2016

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Ah, the writing life. You know it so well.

Endless caffeine, a little bit of procrastination, blank Word documents, piles of notebooks, bouts of self-doubt and the satisfying clickety-clack of the keyboard. All things those of us who fancy ourselves writers are intimately familiar with. (OK. Maybe it’s a lot of procrastination, not just a little.)

We took to social media to ask writers all over the world to complete the sentence, “You know you’re a writer when…” The results are hilarious, honest and heartfelt.

You know you’re a writer when…

1. You keep a journal and pen by your bed-you know, for those middle-of-the-night bursts of inspiration.

After six years in the corporate PR world, Jessica Lawlor left her job to run her own communications agency, blog/brand and teach yoga. She is a writer and blogs at JessicaLawlor.com. Find her on Twitter @jesslaw. A version of this article originally appeared on The Write Life.